Science Backs This Method Of Getting Ketchup Out Of The Bottle

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Attempting to get stubborn ketchup out of a bottle can be a traumatic experience, especially when those weird juices start to drip out without any actual sauce.

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Like with most serious issues, science can find a way to help us.

Research, carried out at the University of Melbourne, has determined a scientific, fool-proof method to carry out this terrifying task.

Dr Anthony Stickland explains that “If you tilt a bottle of water, the water flows out because it is a liquid. But tomato sauce prefers to be in the bottle because it is technically a solid, not a liquid."

Based on this, researches have compiled a step by step guide to getting tomato sauce out of the bottle, minus the mess. (We suggest you do some stretches before this dramatic process.)

1. Shake (with the lid on!)

This spreads the solid particles throughout the sauce and prevents that horrible juice that we're so desperately afraid of.

2. Turn the Bottle Upside Down (featuring an optional whack)

This will bring all the bottle's contents to the top.

If there isn't a lot left in the bottle, you may need to give it a good whack.

This sounds like a very intense stage of the process, as researchers suggest you "Turn the bottle upside down (still with the lid on) and thrust downward at high speeds, accelerating both the ketchup and the bottle. Swiftly stopping the bottle should slump the sauce into the neck.”

3. The Tilt and Pour Method

Before you pour anything, you must analyse the amount of force required very carefully. If full bottle will need less force, while an empty bottle will require more.

The method states you should "start to tilt the bottle, aiming at the desired location. Increase the angle until sauce begins to flow."